Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs Invasion happened in 1961. The invasion was a failed attempt to be rid of Fidel Castro, the Cuban dictator. The current reining president at the time it all started was President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Part way through though, President John F. Kennedy came to power. Some blame Kennedy for the failure of the invasion. This is how it all happened.
In 1952 a man by the name of Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar became …showed first 75 words of 340 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 340 total…You can clearly see why some believe that President Kennedy was to blame for the unsuccessful attempt, because he could have helped those exiles fight. If President Kennedy would have let the U.S. Air Force help, there might not have been such a lose in life, or as many captured. Though what we don’t know is if we did help, how many other countries might have joined the fight as allies to Castro.
